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Djibouti vote to lift presidential age limit allows Guelleh re-run

Guelleh arrives at the Beijing Capital International Airport, ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, 2 September, 2024. AP - Tingshu Wang

Djibouti's parliament has voted unanimously to lift a presidential age limit, opening the way for its 77-year-old leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term in April 2026 election.

Guelleh, known as IOG, has held power in the tiny Horn of Africa nation since 1999.

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